Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics

A collection of some of Capcom's best fighting games, which are still incredibly fun to play today. Only HD remasters or remakes are better than this, but you won't be able to stop playing and wanting to share with friends.

Marvel versus Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is a superb release from Capcom. It has all the 90s Marvel/Capcom arcade classics, a decent Punisher game, and some goodies that were only featured in Japan (mainly Norimaro). The collection will please any gamer who enjoys classic fighters. The younger crowd may not love it, as fighting games have become more complicated and competitive, something not as prevalent in these, but it’s a great way to revisit some classics for those who enjoy doing so.

Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics may not have some of the single-player content or historical context I’d love to see in the very best collections, but what it does offer are six of the best fighting games ever made in arcade perfect form with seemingly excellent online infrastructure. That’s more than enough to make this a must-own for anyone remotely interested in the genre.

Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is the collection that fans have been waiting for years. In addition to bringing back Marvel vs. Capcom 2, we also have long-forgotten titles like X-Men vs. Street Fighter. It's a must-have title for any fighting game enthusiast.

When it comes to preserving history, this is about as good as it can get from an official source. Between backwards compatibility and being on a platform like Steam, there are fewer ways that even a licensing deal expiration can get in the way of playing this collection in the coming years. And in the meantime, having these games on current platforms makes them more playable than ever, although not having cross-platform play is a big bummer. And for even deeper diving and appreciation, the museum content is as top-notch as we’ve come to expect from Capcom’s recent slate of classic collections. “When’s Marvel?” finally has a suitable answer.

Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics brings together multiple beloved arcade classics. The seven games included in the collection haven't been heavily altered from their original arcade releases, save for the art and music galleries and online play, but that's perfectly fine. These games were great in the arcade and they remain fun today in their unaltered state. The six fighting games, when played in order, can show the evolution of bringing the Marvel Universe to Capcom's approach to fighting games, starting with the straightforward one-on-one matches of X-Men: Children of the Atom to the three-on-three tag team matches between 52 characters in Marvel vs. Capcom 2. Countless hours of enjoyment can be had fighting against friends in the six fighting games, with The Punisher serving as a nice bonus game when the gameplay style needs a change of pace.

MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics is one of the great surprises for all those veterans of the arcades during the 90s and early 2000s. Despite everything, it can be just as enjoyable for those people who, like me, didn't have the chance to live in that era. However, I think some new modes would have been perfect, but the online mode will give it more life in the competitive aspect.

Thanks Capcom for bringing back these games! I thought these will be stuck on old systems forever.

This is an awesome collection, MvC2 is the pick of the bunch but great to have a chance to play other classics that you can’t find on consoles. Takes me back to the old days.

Really great game and I am very glad they have an option to reduce screen flicker for photosensitivity!

It's hard to ask for more from this collection. Lots of great quality of life options like turning screen flash off, and secret characters, etc. The input delay is negligible, non-existent, so it feels great to play and to do combos. The only thing that could get better than this is Marvel vs Capcom 4 with 60+ characters and new age sprites and backgrounds and things like that. Hopefully that's where this takes us.

One of the best collections of all time. Only reason it's not a 10 is because of the limited quick save